{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Mahbubul Alam Tara | image = Mahbubul Alam Tara Pic.jpg | image_size = 250px | office = Member of Parliament | term_start = 5 April 1991 | term_end = 15 February 1996 | native_name = মাহাবুবুল আলম তারা | native_name_lang = bn | prime_minister = [[Khaleda Zia]] | predecessor = [[Majibul Haque Chowdhury]] | constituency = [[Feni-3]] | successor = [[Mosharraf Hossain (Bangladesh politician, died 2014)|Mosharraf Hossain]] | birth_date = 1939 | birth_place = [[Sonagazi Upazila|Farhadnagar]], [[Feni District|Feni]], [[Bengal Presidency]] | death_date = {{Death year and age|2014|1939}} | death_place = [[Singapore]] | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] }} '''Mahbubul Alam''' ({{langx|bn|মাহাবুবুল আলম}}; 1939–2014), popularly known by his [[daak naam]] '''Tara Miah''' ({{langx|bn|তারা মিঞা}}), was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician, and member of parliament.
==Early life== Tara was born in 1939 to a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Muslim]] family in the village of Farhadnagar in [[Sonagazi Upazila|Sonagazi]], [[Feni District|Feni]], then part of the [[Noakhali district]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]]. He studied at the Khaiyara School in Farhadnagar, and [[Chittagong Collegiate School and College|Chittagong Collegiate School]]. Tara started his political career while studying at Chittagong College. He was elected VP of the student council in 1962–63. He organized student movements against the then autocratic ruler. He Studied in the Department of Economics of [[University of Dhaka]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/06/02/23332.php |title=Ex-MP Mahbubul Alam Tara no more |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=17 April 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409205351/http://www.observerbd.com/2014/06/02/23332.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== Tara was involved in the 1969 mass movement in East Pakistan and actively supported the [[Mukti Bahini]] during [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Tara was the member of parliament for constituency [[Feni-3]] from 1991 to 1996. He was elected as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-29 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=268 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=268 |archive-date=2008-12-29 |access-date=2022-10-30 }}</ref> He was chief whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/15498/bnp-acting-secretary-general-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-among-others-at-a-condolence-meeting-on-former-chief-whip-mahbubul-alam-tara-organized-by-jatiyatabadi-krishak-dal-at-the-national-press-club-on-tuesday.html |title=BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, among others, at a condolence meeting on former Chief Whip Mahbubul Alam Tara organized by Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal at the National Press Club on Tuesday |work=The New Nation |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-date=8 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008130433/http://thedailynewnation.com/news/15498/bnp-acting-secretary-general-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-among-others-at-a-condolence-meeting-on-former-chief-whip-mahbubul-alam-tara-organized-by-jatiyatabadi-krishak-dal-at-the-national-press-club-on-tuesday.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, he was the president of [[Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krishak Dal forms convening committee after 21 yrs |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/65980/krishak-dal-forms-convening-committee-after-21-yrs |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=New Age |language=en}}</ref>
Tara was popularly known as 'Tara Mia'. He was also the pioneer of the packaging industry in Bangladesh. He, along with his friends, established National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited ([[NCC Bank]]). He was chairman of NCC Bank twice. He established Mahbubul Huq High School in his village Faradnagar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-5th-parliament-members-bangla |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |script-title=bn:পঞ্চম জাতীয় সংসদ ১৯৯১-১৯৯৬ |trans-title=Fifth National Parliament 1991-1996|title=List of 5th Parliament Members }}</ref>
==Death== Tara died at National University Hospital at [[Singapore]] on 3 June 2014; he was suffering from lung problems.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/mahbubul-alam-tara-26829 |title=Mahbubul Alam Tara |work=The Daily Star |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fenisamitydhaka.com/feni.html |title=::Feni Samity Dhaka:: |website=fenisamitydhaka.com |access-date=17 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928105712/http://www.fenisamitydhaka.com/feni.html |archive-date=28 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-5th-parliament-members-bangla * http://thedailynewnation.com/news/15498/bnp-acting-secretary-general-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-among-others-at-a-condolence-meeting-on-former-chief-whip-mahbubul-alam-tara-organized-by-jatiyatabadi-krishak-dal-at-the-national-press-club-on-tuesday.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008130433/http://thedailynewnation.com/news/15498/bnp-acting-secretary-general-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-among-others-at-a-condolence-meeting-on-former-chief-whip-mahbubul-alam-tara-organized-by-jatiyatabadi-krishak-dal-at-the-national-press-club-on-tuesday.html |date=8 October 2017 }} * https://www.thedailystar.net/city/death-anniversary-1233160 * https://chattagramcollegiates.com/blog/2017/11/10/the-beginning-of-chattagram-collegiate/
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